zero-day

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
  2. Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
  3. Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zero, day.
noun
  1. A vulnerability that has been discovered recently, and is yet unpatched or unmitigated; a zero-day vulnerability.
  2. A day without obligations, where one does not worry about being productive.

Pronunciation

En-au-zero-day.ogg

Word forms

zero-day zero day 0-day zero-days
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